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Rodrigo Abd photo at AP. Caption: “Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores are surrounded by security guards during a military parade marking the one year anniversary of the death of Venezuela’s former President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela.”
August 2, 2017
Colombia
- Todd Howland, “Colombia Debe Hacer las Transformaciones Necesarias para Evitar Riesgos en el Proceso de Paz” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Semana (Colombia), August 2, 2017).
Mientras que el acuerdo está bien conceptualizado, el calendario real de implementación está lejos de ser coherente
- “Sube Imagen del Presidente Santos y Tambien Apoyo a la Paz” (El Tiempo (Colombia), August 2, 2017).
En cuanto al proceso de paz, la encuesta muestra un aumento en el optimismo de la gente frente al mismo. Este apoyo pasó del 46, 7 % al 52, 8 %, en un período en el que se dio la entrega de armas por parte de las Farc
Colombia, El Salvador
- Julieta Pelcastre, “Partner Nation Armed Forces United Against Transnational Crime” (Revista Dialogo (U.S. Southern Command), August 2, 2017).
The training was facilitated by military members from the United States and Colombia and held at the Regional Center on Counter Transnational Organized Crime Training (CRACCT, per its Spanish acronym) in Ilopango, San Salvador
Mexico
- “Editorial: Texas Congressman’s ‘Smart’ Border Wall Alternative Deserves Consideration” (The Dallas Morning News, August 2, 2017).
U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a Texas Republican, leads a small coalition of border-state lawmakers backing a newly introduced bill for a “smart wall” that would substitute a network of high-tech security systems for a physical wall
- Raul Monge, Sara Pantoja, “La Refriega Preelectoral de Tlahuac” (Proceso (Mexico), August 2, 2017).
Se trata de responsabilizar al delegado Rigoberto Salgado, de la primera fuerza política local, Morena, de haber protegido o al menos tolerado las actividades del llamado “Cártel de Tláhuac”
- “Ejecuciones Vinculadas al Narco Han Crecido 66% Este Ano en la Cdmx: Semaforo Delictivo” (Proceso (Mexico), August 2, 2017).
Roel sostuvo que es momento de reconocer el fracaso de la estrategia del gobierno y avanzar hacia otras soluciones
Panama
- “La Corte Suprema Niega Fianza al Ex Presidente Panameno Ricardo Martinelli” (EFE, El Nuevo Herald, August 2, 2017).
La Corte Suprema de EEUU denegó el martes una petición del ex presidente panameño Ricardo Martinelli para que se le ponga en libertad bajo fianza y no se le extradite a Panamá
Peru
- “Peru Alista Comando de Elite para Enfrentar Narcotrafico y Guerrilla” (Agence France Presse, El Universo (Ecuador), August 2, 2017).
Los comandos de élite colaborarán con los planes del gobierno para lograr reducir a la mitad para el año 2021 los cultivos de coca en el país, que actualmente son de unas 55.000 hectáreas
Venezuela
- “La Fuerza Armada Nacional de Venezuela Ratifica su Apoyo y Lealtad a Maduro Ante Las “Amenazas” de Eu” (EFE, SinEmbargo (Mexico), August 2, 2017).
La Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Fanb) de Venezuela ratificó hoy su “incondicional apoyo” y “lealtad” al presidente de ese país, Nicolás Maduro, ante las sanciones que este recibió del Gobierno de Estados Unidos
- Tamara Taraciuk Broner, “Venezuela Is Imploding. These Citizens Were Desperate to Escape.” (Human Rights Watch, The Washington Post, August 2, 2017).
As Venezuela transforms into a police state, hundreds of thousands are fleeing hardship and persecution
- Girish Gupta, “Venezuelan Vote Data Casts Doubt on Turnout at Sunday Poll” (Reuters **, August 2, 2017).
Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela’s controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day
- Nicholas Casey, “Venezuela Reported False Election Turnout, Voting Company Says” (The New York Times, August 2, 2017).
“We know, without any doubt, that the turnout of the recent election for a National Constituent Assembly was manipulated,” the company, Smartmatic, said
- Jennifer Rubin, “Venezuela Shows Why the U.S. Cannot Downgrade Democracy” (The Washington Post, August 2, 2017).
If the State Department’s mission no longer extends to defending democracy, why bother even addressing it, let alone taking action against Maduro’s thuggishness?
Venezuela, Western Hemisphere Regional
- Rex W. Tillerson, “Remarks at a Press Availability” (U.S. Department of State, August 2, 2017).
Our approach to Venezuela has been to try to work through coalition partners, through the OAS as well as others who share our view of Venezuela’s future